The scene went around the media in Italy last night and continues to talk this morning. During the success of the Udinese (1-0) in Lecce yesterday at the opening of the 26th day of Serie A, Florian Thauvin should have drawn a penalty after a fault obtained in the area by his team. Yes but here it is, Lorenzo Lucca decided otherwise and stole the ball into him, without ever returning to him despite the admonitions of his teammates. If the attacker finally found the way to the nets, Kosta Runjaic, his trainer, clearly did not appreciate the attitude of his protégé, and finally replaced him in the 36th minute as a punishment.
“These are things that should not happen, we apologize to our fans”then assured the international Slovenian Jaka Bijol, who was one of the most vehement by going so far as to grab Lucca by the arm and draw the jersey. Before adding to the Dazn microphone: “There is one of ours left, I am sure that he will score a lot of goals. It is normal that he always wants to mark ”. Its replacement? “These are the choices of the coach, the team accepts them. We will talk about it between us, but we have to look forward ”has added the porter of the Udinese, Razvan Sava. It remains to be seen whether this penalty-gate will, or not, leave traces in the Udinese locker room …